This project is aimed at bringing to life the history of St. Louis and the region through the unique lens of public policy. The purpose of this project is to provide researchers, students, and the general public with a greater understanding of our region’s history, development and missed opportunities. I cannot be held responsible if this project depresses you–my hope would be that it instead inspires you to create/shape better, more inclusive and empathetic public policy. These documents...
Topic: st. louis county, digiproject
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 7/6/1917 East St. Louis Race Riot issue (Pt1)
Topics: race riot, naacp, Tom Turpin, chicago, Ferdenand L. Barnett, refugees, William H. Hoffman, east st....
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 5/20/1921 Interesting article featuring "word from a Klansman" posted in the editorial section giving insight to the mind behind the prejudiced organization...
Topics: klu klux klan, fire fighters, J.E. Mitchell, Governor Hyde, tarred and feathered, lynch mob, Bishop...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 10/14/1921 Large article/expose in the second half of this issue condemning the St. Louis City Board of Alderman for failing to pass an anti-Klu Klux Klan statement.
Topics: black newspaper, Globe Democrat, St. Louis Cardinals, Negro league baseball, St. Louis Post...
Written by Peter Downs, published in St. Louis Journalism Review. Vol 22, Number 149 September 1992
Topics: St. Louis, digiproject, Klotzer, Civic Progress
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated 4/18/1919
Topic: black newspaper
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated 7/12/1917 East St. Louis Riot follow-up. Issue contains a plethora of information concerning the visit by W.E.B. DuBois, as well as his attempts to organize and strengthen the local NAACP organization, using the Race Riots as a catalyst for local community support. 1-4 articles containing references indirectly or directly relating to W.E.B DuBois
Topics: race riot, segregation, anti-segregation, theodore reoosevelt, madame c.j. walker, "The Grey...
A short but informative history of the city of Creve Coeur & surrounding cities, published in 1968 by he Citizens' Historical Committee.
Topics: St. Louis, digiproject, History, St. Louis County
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 7/21/1916 Missing previous issue, July 15, 1916
Topics: mass meeting, pythian hall, naacp, waco horror, anti-lynching fund, negro soldiers, Bert Williams,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 4/29/1921
Topics: peonage, slavery, dunbar hotel, Branch Rickey, St. Louis Cardinals, ymca, ywca, J.H. Eason,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 4/22/1921
Topics: governor hyde, lincoln university, naacp, anti-lynching law, peonage, orphans home, poro college,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 6/15/1917 Interesting issue, highlights outrage in African American community over being forced into Army by draft, whereas whites were incorporated by volunteerism.
Topics: segregation, ww1, fort des moines, negro soldiers, Tuskegee institute, negro business league,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 4/15/1921
Topics: black newspaper, segregation, lynching, klu klux klan, daughters of the confederacy, president...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 9/30/1921
Topics: black newspaper, Klu Klux Klan, Dr. T.J. Moppins, Veiled Prophet Parade, Negro Policemen, L.C....
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 11/21/1919 Awesome Military/Army Pictorial Section
Topics: black newspaper, Governor Gardner, Moberly Murders, President Wilson, Roosevelt Memorial...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 8/27/1915
Topics: 1917 Republican convention, knights of pythias, mosiacs, william h. fields, crystal city, poro...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 7/8/1921 Issue Headline; Governor Hyde Comes out in Support of Anti-Lynching Law
Topics: black newspapers, Governor Hyde, YWCA Conference, Carnegie Hero Award, Naacp, William Howard Taft,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 7/20/1917 Issue contains pertinent information concerning the prior riots in the city of East St. Louis as well as NAACP responses both from personalities such as Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Du Bois. Issue is well structured, and quality is near perfect.
Topics: race riot, east st. louis, ymca, ywca, poro college, senator sherman, dean kelly miller, howard...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 5/6/1921
Topics: lynching, naacp, anti-lynching meeting, peonage, Charles S. Morris, ymca, ywca, garvey movement,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 10/28/1921 Interesting Cover Page story discussing comments made by President Harding regarding racial equality, limits his words to "political equality"
Topics: black newspapers, President Harding, tarred and feathered, klu klux klan, Roosevelt, Colored...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 1/21/1916
Topics: charles turpin, Joe Bright, Emma Fredericks, Florence Sewell, C.H. Turner, homer g. phillips, ymca,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 6/22/1917
Topics: ww1, great war, negro soldiers, colored soldiers, war department, ymca, ywca, poro college,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 12/23/1921
Topics: black newspaper, Christmas Edition, Second World Colored Congress, B.F. Bowles, YMCA, YWCA, Pine...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 5/25/1917
Topics: race riot, segregation, jim crow, southern, lynch mob, mob law, ymca, ywca, poro college, wheatley...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated 3/28/1919 Editorial and Articles featured that celebrate the opening of the newly created Pine Street YMCA
Topics: black newspapers, Board of Aldermen, City Elections, Democratic Party, Republican Party, East St....
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 9/2/1921 Fascinating article regarding Provident Association in second half of issue.
Topics: black newspaper, Klu Klux Klan, Walthall Moore, negro league baseball, st. louis giants, Naacp,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 8/5/1921
Topics: black newspapers, Shriner Parade, Attorney General, Supreme Court, President Harding, Anti-Lynching...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 8/19/1921
Topics: black newspapers, Knights of Pythian, Major John R. Lynch, Henry Lincoln Johnson, Klu Klux Klan,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 7/25/1919
Topic: black newspapers
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 7/27/1917
Topics: ywca, ymca, poro college, race riot, east st. louis, poro building, old folks' home, A.W. Lloyd,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 2/18/1916
Topics: segregation law, contributions to segregation law, united welfare association, st. paul revival,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 10/21/1921
Topics: black newspaper, Klu Klux Klan, New York Mayoral Declaration, Knights of Pythian, Victor Miller,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 6/17/1921
Topics: black newspaper, Tulsa Race War, Tulsa, Leo Vaughn, J.E. Mitchell, YMCA, YWCA: Urban League, Poro...
St. Louis Argus Newspaper, issue dated: 3/12/1915
Topics: Bishop Caldwell, w. monroe trotter, automobile, A. H. Frederick, hampton institute, mass meeting,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 11/25/1921
Topics: black newspapers, Clifford Taylor, Admiral Kato, Japanese Prisoners of War, Klu Klux Klan, Urban...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 12/3/1915
Topics: segregation, j. milton turner, russell ownes company, harry mckoin, ymca, ywca, J.E. Moorland,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 4/2/1920
Topics: black newspaper, lily white party, Dr. L. K. Williams, Mass meeting, ywca campaign, ymca campaign,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 5/26/1916
Topics: Dr. B.G. Shaw, dentist, ymca, ywca, oxford college, Dr. G.B. Key, Booker Washington Theater,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated 2/18/1921 Issue has some issues relating to clarity of print due to the poor quality of scanning material. I have done my best to make reading as easy as possible.
Topics: Walthall M. Moore, education, Calvin Coolidge, lynch mobs, William H. Dorsey, disenfranchisement,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 1/4/1918
Topic: black newspaper
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 4/18/1917
Topics: ywca, ymca, poro college, fundraising, Birth of a Nation, Race baiting, anti-movies bill, Friedman...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 6/16/1916 Needs some cleanup/brightness/contrast/blur
Topics: W. T. Scott, ymca, ywca, Democratic Convention, william jennings bryan, Pythian Monitor, St. Louis...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 7/21/1915
Topics: crystal city, charity carnival, poro college, poro agents, wheatley branch, ymca, ywca, webster...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 4/8/1921 Some pages are difficult to read, I have done my best to highlight/shade/brighten areas.
Topics: mayor kiel, reelection, peonage, georgia slavery, equal rights bill, George E. Stevens, Walthall...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 5/12/1916
Topics: Negro Field Day, school segregation, H.A. Smith, ymca, ywca, "Jim Crowed", National...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 10/11/1918
Topics: black newspaper, President Wilson, World War One, Great War, Ymca, Ywca, Urban League, Black...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 12/20/1921
Topics: black newspapers, Eugene Field School Mass Convention, Frank Slater, Republican Party, Pan African...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 2/23/1917
Topics: Mayor Henry Kiel, Louise Abbott, "The Unborn" movie, birth control, lynching, Supreme...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 12/6/1918 The paper makes mention on the cover of the purchase of the Osborne Plant. Fair to say at this time the paper is picking up speed and popularity.
Topics: black newspaper, YWCA, Membership Drive, Poro College, Red Cross, YMCA Boosters, Orphan's Home,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated 12/15/1916
Topics: Frank M. Slater, ywca, ymca, poro college, segregation, marcus garvey, Dr. Bolden, standard life...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated 9/7/1917
Topics: overcrowded schools, Lincoln School, Sumner High School, ymca, ywca, fundraising, pine street,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 9/20/1918
Topics: black newspaper, war draft, colored soldiers, black soldiers, Great War, World War One, ymca, ywca,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 3/11/1921
Topics: Phillip H. Brown, naacp, ymca, ywca, C.C. Carter, national negro press association, segregation...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated 2/28/1919
Topics: st. louis clarion, african american newspaper, st. louis argus, Dr. Shaw, Garden of Eden,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 6/27/1919
Topic: black newspapers
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 6/8/1917
Topics: race riot, east st. louis, naacp, naacp relief fund, northern factories, great migration, northern...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 7/4/1919
Topic: black newspapers
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 1/16/1920 Big Story on Lincoln League, viewed as major national push for civil rights through politics by African Americans, a third party movement.
Topics: black newspaper, Lincoln League convention, Lincoln League, Citizen's Liberty League, Governor...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 11/8/1918
Topics: black newspaper, Aaron E. Malone, Homer G. Phillips, Tom Turpin, Wheatley Branch, YWCA, YMCA,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 10/7/1921
Topics: black newspaper, Congressional Investigation into KKK, Klu Klux Klan, YMCA, YWCA, Federal...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 5/14/1915
Topics: mayor henry kiel, Woodrow Wilson, Wilsonian racial politics, verna dean clemmons, st. louis giants,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 11/3/1916
Topics: election of 1916, woodrow wilson, republican party, democratic party, lynching, Charles Turpin,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 10/17/1919
Topics: black newspapers, socialist, Curtis Diamonds, Anti-Lynching Delegation, Poro College, YMCA, YWCA
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 11/9/1917
Topics: military draft, negro soldiers, World War 1, lynching, East St. Louis, race riot, Dr. J.E. Hurt,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 2/2/1917 Key Homer G. Phillips article on lower right corner of page 1, obscured due to poor quality scan, rescan and upload at a later date (10/19/12)
Topics: negro migration, Kinloch, alton, meacham park, Rev. J.H. Crooks, pullman porter, utopia hotel,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 11/1/1918
Topics: black newspaper, YMCA, YWCA, Naacp, World War One, Great War, Poro College Grand Opening,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 4/9/1915 Note neat Jack Johnson/Jess Willard Advertisement on last page. Overall an excellent quality issue
Topics: Dr. W. Samson Brooks, farmington, webster groves, east st. louis, temperance movement, Democratic...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated 6/24/1921
Topics: black newspapers, Riot victims, Tulsa, Meteor Shower, Rev. Henry H. Proctor, President Harding,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 4/21/1916 Important Issue: Judge Dyer's Injunction against Segregation Ordinance
Topics: Judge D.P. Dyer, Segregation Ordinance, Injunction, L. Wilburn Messer, ymca, ywca, poro college,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated 3/14/1919
Topics: black newspaper, jim crow, racism in army, black soldiers, ww1, henry johnson, colored regiments,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated 1/28/1921 Issue suffers from very light print--due in part to poor quality of film scanned, I've done my best to make it readable.
Topics: st. louis, black newspaper, memphis, gasoline explosion, A.W. Lloyd, President Taft, Negro rights,...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 2/26/1915
Topics: peerless knights, a.m.e.z. church, "Rube" Foster, James W. Grant, Silver Grill, J.H....
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated 10/24/1919
Topics: black newspaper, Hospital No. 2, Poro College, Roosevelt Memorial Association, White...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 4/14/1916
Topics: race loyalty, buy negro only, Scullin Steel, National Negro Press Association, City Federation of...
St. Louis Argus newspaper, issue dated: 5/18/1917
Topics: ywca, ymca, ww1, great war, colored soldiers, poro college, webster groves, farmington, meacham...
